Music Magazine Cover Research - 3
The masthead for this magazine is Rolling stones. It is partly covered by a logo of some sort which indicates that the magazine is well known and confident that its audience will know that it is this magazine. The font for this masthead is yellow with a white 3D outline, it is also Bold. The masthead goes across the full width of the page but is not obscured by the main image, as the main image is behind the text. In other Rolling stone magazines the masthead is sometimes covered by the main image which suggests that this cover has a more urban theme to it. It may appeal to the audience as the masthead is bold/3D and in yellow.
The main image for this music magazine cover is of Lil Wayne. There is not direct address between the subject and the audience on this cover as he is either looking down or has his eyes closed. This suggests that the subject is undergoing a sad moment. Lil Wayne's tear drop tattoos really add emphasis and emotion to this point. He is represented as a troubled and down which may make the audience want to investigate.This will appeal to the audience as most people really want to know everything about certain music artists. Normally rappers are represented in a more aggressive way.
The sell lines for this magazine, feature things such as music genres changing and other musical artists. The sell line "LIL WAYNE GOES ROCK" this suggests that Lil Wayne has had an exciting development in his career and has had enough of doing rap music and has decided he wanted a change to another large music genre. The font for this sell line is larger than the other sell lines as it is the most important/ the main article.
The overall colour scheme for this magazine is yellow,white and black. these three colours blend together to make a quite formal/urban. The colour of the main image blends with the colour of the font as it stands out and creates a 3D look to the magazine. The bar code for this magazine is quite small and out the way, there is nothing covered by the bar code or price.
The overall layout for this music magazine cover is quite minimal as there are only a few sell lines. This cover sticks to the conventions of a music magazine with the one main image and a few selllines. there is also a low colour count as the cover only has 2/3 colours. The layout suits the genre of the magazine as it has an urban sense and includes quite dull shades of colours wich looks urban.
The main image for this music magazine cover is of Lil Wayne. There is not direct address between the subject and the audience on this cover as he is either looking down or has his eyes closed. This suggests that the subject is undergoing a sad moment. Lil Wayne's tear drop tattoos really add emphasis and emotion to this point. He is represented as a troubled and down which may make the audience want to investigate.This will appeal to the audience as most people really want to know everything about certain music artists. Normally rappers are represented in a more aggressive way.
The sell lines for this magazine, feature things such as music genres changing and other musical artists. The sell line "LIL WAYNE GOES ROCK" this suggests that Lil Wayne has had an exciting development in his career and has had enough of doing rap music and has decided he wanted a change to another large music genre. The font for this sell line is larger than the other sell lines as it is the most important/ the main article.
The overall colour scheme for this magazine is yellow,white and black. these three colours blend together to make a quite formal/urban. The colour of the main image blends with the colour of the font as it stands out and creates a 3D look to the magazine. The bar code for this magazine is quite small and out the way, there is nothing covered by the bar code or price.
The overall layout for this music magazine cover is quite minimal as there are only a few sell lines. This cover sticks to the conventions of a music magazine with the one main image and a few selllines. there is also a low colour count as the cover only has 2/3 colours. The layout suits the genre of the magazine as it has an urban sense and includes quite dull shades of colours wich looks urban.
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